The Silence

The Silence is the dimension where all dead souls reside, confined there after their material bodies have died for long enough. It is characterised by its chilling soundless nature, devoid of any discernible vibrations. Sound can only be produced here by entities within that do not pertain to it, namely visitors. The Silence is thought to be the most depressing and ironically soulless location in all of creation, considered so unfavourable that it was sealed off from all other dimensions, thereby making it nearly impossible to enter it.

Souls inside the Silence cannot be removed or returned to their bodies; they are tied completely to the dimension almost immediately upon arrival. As such, resurrection is exceedingly difficult, even for the Eridians, and only the Enlightener has mastered this ability. Unfortunately, the Eridian is limited to doing this within a short span of time, as once the soul is transported to the Silence and bound to the dimension, they cannot be brought back.

The only known soul that has successfully been unbound from the Silence is Amelia Rye, whose soul was empowered by the Infinite following the Genisys Project, where her brother became a Siren-Human hybrid. During the process, the Eridians used the familial link between Amelia and her brother to draw her out of the Silence, breaking the bind, and were able to direct her into the control crystal of the Dreamer so she would become its host. Similar attempts to replicate this have since failed.

The Silence is one of the few things the Enlightener fears, due to its dead, inactive state of depression, completely cut off from the rest of creation. He fears that his ultimate fate resides in the Silence, as he feels that his death was due during the collapse of his Precursor universe, and that the dimension has been calling for him ever since. The Enlightener's efforts to stop the Great Monsoon have since been directed partly to preventing his death because of it.